Lock-garment



S. F. SWANTEES.

LOCK GARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 5, 1919. RENEWED APR. 23, 1921.

Patented June 7, 19219 inner garment.

Parent entree.

' SAMUEL F. SWAN'IEES, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

LOCK-GARMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June "2, 1921.

Application filed February 5, 1919, Serial No. 275,195. Renewed April23, 1921. Serial No. 463,977.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL F. SwANTEns, acitizen of the United States, residing in the city of St. Louis andState of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements inLock-Garments, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention pertains to garments, such as shirts for mens wear, orshirtwaists for womens wear, and the principal object of the inventionis to produce a garment or garments of this character which will notcreep upward or slip downward from the waist line of the wearer, butwhich will be held firmly in position relative to the Waistline.

These objects are obtained by employing a differentiated band, or plaits0r plaiting, or seams, inserts or cores, or a plurality of cords, samerunning substantially horizontally around the body of the garment at thewaistline, and which may be either incorporated with the outer or innergarment, or may band and made attachable to said outer or Or any othermethod of roughening the surface of'the goods at the waistline may beemployed.

In the drawings Figure 1 shows a front elevation of a shirt constructedin accordance with my invention, showing the garment constructed insections, with the upper and lower sec tions joined by a singledifferentiated band, the latter acting as a lock at the waistlineagainst the trousers to prevent the slipping or creeping of the shirt;

Fig. 2 is a drawing similar to Fig. 1, showing a garment of thisconstruction such as a shirtwaist adapted for womens wear;

Fig. 3 shows a modification employing a series of encircling plaits orseams;

Fig. 1 shows a modification employing a plurality of cores, cords orinserts at the waistline Fig. 5 shows a diflerentiated separate bandattachable to either the outer or inner garment.

Referring more particularly to the drawinvention consists inconstructing the shirt, shirtwaist or other garment so as to embody theupper portion 1, the lower portion 2 and the encircling and connectinghorizontal portion 3. lhis portion 3 may consist of a single band asshown in be embodied as a separate;

Figs. 1 and 2, or a series of plaits or seams 6 as shown in Fig. 3, or aplurality of cores or inserts, or a plurality of cores, cords or inserts7 in lieu of the aforesaid constructions shown. The portion 3 is sewedor otherwise suitably secured to, and thus o1ns the two aforesaid upperand lower port1ons 1 and 2. If desired, the connectmg portion 3 may bemade of a relatively elastic fabric or material so as to form a snugwaistline. Likewise, the upper portion 1 may be made of silk or otherrelatively costly material, while the lower portion 2 may be made ofcotton or other relatively cheaper material. This results in cheapeningthe construction of the garment as a whole, but this result is merelyincidental to the construction herein shown, the main purpose of whichis to supply a garment which will not creep or slip, as above outlined.

If a single band is used for the portion 3, the upper and lower scams 4will serve other method of roughening the waistline of the garment maybe employed for the purpose, such as the insertion of cores or insertsas shown at 7 in Fig. 4.

Thus it will be seen that I have herein designed a garment and means ofthe character described, and which will afford the advantages herein setforth; that is to say, a garment Which will not creep or slip, but willstay permanently in place at the waistline, and likewise a garment whichcan be readily and cheaply repaired by the substitution or renewal ofworn out portions without the substitution of the entire garment. Whilethe preferred mode of construction is to permanently incorporate the'differentiated band with the inner or outer garment, still the advantageof the invention may be derived from'a separable, differentiated band,made attachable to either of said garments.

While I have herein described a certain specific manner and method ofconstructing the garment described, it is understood that I may varyfrom the same in minor details, not departing from the spirit of myinven- ,tion, so as best to construct a practical device for the purposeintended, as defined in thezappended claims. For example, the garmentneed not be constructed in sections, but an integral garment may betaken and the waistline thereof roughened or dif- .ferentiated by seams,plaits, bands, cores,

cords or inserts, as described.

prising upper and lower encircling members, and a strip having roughenedexterior and interior faces with relation to the said upper and lower'members for connecting the same.

- 2. A garment of the class described comprising upper and lowerencircling meln bers, a waistband connecting the said mem What ll claimto be new and patentable 10 1s:

1. A garment of the class described com-

